Bioremediation of maleic anhydride contaminated soil

Bioremediation of maleic anhydride contaminated soil

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This paper presents a bench-scale study of bioremediation of soil contaminated with maleic anhydride. A quantity of 300 kg of contaminated soil was collected from a petrochemical plant in Malaysia and divided into three portions in order to investigate the effects of nutrient addition as well as mec...

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Main Authors: Abdul-Talib, S. (Author), Ng, H.S (Author), Yin, C.Y (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: WITPress 2008
Subjects:
bioremediation
Bioremediation
brownfield site
conference proceeding
Maleic anhydride
nutrient enrichment
petrochemical industry
Petrochemical industry
soil pollution
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Summary:This paper presents a bench-scale study of bioremediation of soil contaminated with maleic anhydride. A quantity of 300 kg of contaminated soil was collected from a petrochemical plant in Malaysia and divided into three portions in order to investigate the effects of nutrient addition as well as mechanical aeration on the biodegradation rate of the contaminants. Online parameters measured included moisture content, redox potential, temperature and pH. The highest first-order biodegradation rate constant was determined to be 6.658 day-1 for soil pile with addition of nutrients and mechanical aeration. © 2008 WIT Press.
ISBN:17433541 (ISSN); 9781845641054 (ISBN)
DOI:10.2495/BF080131

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